Pet Lover? hmmm

Honestly, I am not a pet lover. I am cruel to them. As a kid, I do naughty things to them. I grew up in the province where we have a lot of pets, er, animals. Chickens, dogs, cats, pigs and animals are in the list.

I could say, it is like a farm only not that ideal one you found in the books and movies. It is just a small backyard place with lots of animals.

And because I am a playful kid, I oftentimes get bitten or pecked by our pets. Oh my, I have lots of scratches in the ankle because of our cats.

When I went here to the city, there are no farm animals. Only stray dogs, estranged cats and squirrel rats (rats that are so big, most are almost the size of a cat).

Then I had a friend who loves animals so much. Her name is Yana, and she is pet lover. Everytime I go to their house, I could watch her have fun time with her dog Igay. She was having fun and she love him so much. Slowly, my heart is starting to open its door for animals.

Then, a common friend of ours had a dog name Cheeky. She is a pitbull. Big and fierce looking and of course I was scared. I have known them for being merciless. But then George convinced me that his dog is tame. That it was a show type, one that does not bite and is friendly. At first I did not believe him. But then, my brother and partner has been Cheeky’s friend and so in the end we became buddy. Here is Cheeky:

And then summer last year, my partner had a pet. It was a chick. It was clever, friendly and eat a lot. He loves pancit canton and hates worms. As a kid, I was told that chickens love worms. But they were wrong. Not all eat worms.

We named it ‘Sisiw Jr’. Ever since we had Sisiw, we had a fun time. He was so playful. And I love it. I’ll try to create a separate post for him and I’ll add some pictures.

And now, I could say I ‘like’ pets. And I have started to love them. Maybe in the future I’ll get one for me. I want a dog so I could cuddle it. And I love their loyalty to their owners.

Here is a good reading about cats and dogs. Big Paw Blog gives tips and information about dogs. When I got a dog, this site would be a good reference for me.

For now, I’ll just pet other’s pet.

Cooking Time

I am a person who has a big fascination and admiration to food. I adore them. And because of this, cooking has been a hobby for me.

I am not as good as a chef. I am not that good at it. I am just a mediocre office worker who eat whenever she like.

Food that I like are what i usually cook. Sometimes, I try to imitate what I saw or ate in food houses.
And as a good “kitchen person” (in tagalog, taong kusina! hehehehe), you should have recipes in hand. Most of dishes nowadays can be googled down in the internet. Some are common and some are personal recipes. Most of the recipes that I look for besides the main dishes are desserts like salad or snacks like sandwiches and pizzas.

And whenever i have time, i cook. It is an exciting and fun hobby. I cook something different whenever I am free. But for daily routine, just those easy to cook recipes.

And because of this post, my stomach is grumbling. hehe I feel hungry.

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1: The Robot is Out

Our favorite browser released the final update to the latest version of firefox. Firefox 3 beta 5 was out last April 2008.

Firefox 3 Beta 5 includes more than 750 changes from the previous beta, improving stability and web compatibility, providing platform and user interface enhancements, and resulting in the fastest Firefox ever. Many of these improvements were based on community feedback from the previous beta.

• Integration with Windows: Firefox now has improved Windows icons, and uses native user interface widgets in the browser and in web forms.
• Integration with the Mac: the new Firefox theme makes toolbars, icons, and other user interface elements look like a native OS X application. Firefox also uses OS X widgets and supports Growl for notifications of completed downloads and available updates. A combined back and forward control make it even easier to move between web pages.
• Integration with Linux: Firefox’s default icons, buttons, and menu styles now use the native GTK theme.
• Places Organizer: view, organize and search through all of your bookmarks, tags, and browsing history with multiple views and smart folders to store your frequent searches. Create and restore full backups whenever you want.
• Speed: improvements to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimizations have resulted in continued improvements in performance. Compared to Firefox 2, web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office run twice as fast in Firefox 3 Beta 5, and the popular SunSpider test from Apple shows improvements over previous releases.

And just yesterday, Firefox 3’s First Release Candidate was brought to public. Wondering how good this news is? Check out and have a peak of Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1.